GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| potentate | ruler |